don't know......I'm not well versed on this one but I do know that issue will not go away and will be done in foreign countries if not here.....I think Arnold was smart to at least position the state as this state has always been on the forefront of alot of things like bio tech, and tech etc.....we just have to tread caustiously....I tend to be careful speaking about this cause I tend to think that a petri dish is not the same as a human womb.....I know I would get flak for that, but the potential may be considerable so I'm at least willing to listen
My point is that umbilical cord stem cells are a treaure trove of medical possiblilities and are ethically retrieved.
Umbilical cord stem cells are obtained AFTER a child is born and from a morally legitimate area; whereas the source of embryonic stem cells is, of course, from the embryo BEFORE the child is born.
The difference between the two is huge.
By allowing (and PAYING FOR) embryonic stem cell research, we harvest body parts from arguably unconsenting human beings and we feed them to the bio-tech medical research monster. No such concerns with umbilical cord stem cells.
Which leads us to Bob Klein and Arnold moving California in the direction of human embryonic 'cloning'....
(Add this to Arnold's support for Gunther von Hagens' mutilation of deceased humans--ie. 'plastination') and, well, you get the drift...
Disastrous